iOS 26 beta is available on your iPhone right now. Here's how to download it

Apple this week unveiled a series of big changes to its iPhone operating system when it announced iOS 26 at WWDC 2025. Instead of launching iOS 19 consecutively to the current iOS 18, Apple is rebranding its operating systems to match the year when users will use them the most. In this case, iOS 26 will officially launch this fall, though most updates will occur in 2026.

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The general release for iOS 26 will happen in a few months, but users can download the public beta as soon as next month and download a developer beta starting today. Before you download a beta version of an operating system, you should have some housekeeping items in mind: back up your device, try not to use your everyday iPhone, and remember that developer betas ...